One week after enduring the “most stressful” Sunday of his life , next year’s Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley went from worst to first, winning the BMW Championship in Colorado in dramatic fashion. He made it to Castle Pines as the last man in the field—50th in the FedEx Cup rankings—thanks to Tom Kim’s heartbreaking collapse last week in Memphis. But now, Bradley will leave the Rocky Mountains as the winner.
He will return to the Tour Championship at East Lake as the fourth-ranked player in the standings and has a real chance of capturing the FedEx Cup. Bradley began the day at 12-under, holding a one-shot advantage over Adam Scott . He then carded an even-par 72, finishing with the same score and winning by the same margin with which he began the day.
Scott, Ludvig Åberg, and Sam Burns all finished at 11-under, as all three players also qualified for Atlanta next week. The highlight of the day came on the par-5 17th, where, after finding the fairway, Bradley decided to get aggressive with his approach shot. Holding a two-shot advantage over his playing partner Scott, the 2011 PGA Champion felt obligated to end the Aussie’s hopes right then and there.
Bradley stuck a beautiful approach from 229 yards out to 16 feet and then two-putted for birdie to get to 13-under. Keegan Bradley hits a phenomenal second shot from 229 out on the par 5 17th. NBC & Peacock | @BMWChamps pic.
twitter.com/fj0yuNeVu0 Scott, meanwhile, also made birdie, but the Aussie needed an eagl.